I opened my new BMW mag and saw a sport package 5 in a dark color. Someone on this site said it was carbon black, but nothing in the mag confirms this.

Any ideas?

550ZSP

03-01-2007, 05:05 PM

It's Carbon Black. I had an e46 M3 in the same color and it's unmistakable.

Noddy

03-01-2007, 05:25 PM

Last paragraph.. 9th last word in the sentence.. :D

This is EXACTLY the car I want to buy in Oct 2007.. maybe with Black Leather and 6 speed... still have a few months to decide... it looks absolutely awesome... :)

I guess I will be buying a personal valet kit to keep this Black Beauty prisitne..

Cheers,
Noddy

Menlo Park, Calif

yak54

03-01-2007, 05:30 PM

Between jet black and carbon, which looks best? I lean torards the carbon since it is metalic and may noy show as many imperfections. What do you think?

550ZSP

03-01-2007, 05:38 PM

Both colors are tough. At least with Carbon Black, it's metallic and has a strong secondary blue hue. Swirl marks are painfully apparent with Jet Black. I used Zaino on Carbon Black every 1-2 weeks--basically detailed it like crazy and swirl marks were STILL a problem.